Medical practice exposes physicians to numerous stressors, leading to high rates of psychological distress and burnout, a problem that begins during medical school. Scientific evidence suggests that promoting compassion among physicians could improve their well-being and promote patient-centered care. However, the mechanisms underlying these benefits remain unclear. This study aimed to examine...
Chanting the Hare Krishna mantra through the practice of Japa (repeated recitation with beads) is a powerful spiritual practice with significant potential for fostering inner peace, emotional equilibrium, and happiness.Originating in ancient Vedic traditions, Japa combines spirituality with mindfulness to create a meditative process that reduces mental distractions, alleviates stress, and...
Emily Dickinson’s poetry presents a profound and complex meditation on the nature of time, which remains an underexplored facet of her work. Moving beyond the conventional binary of linear and cyclical time, this essay argues that Dickinson develops a stratified view of time. Through close readings of key poems, including “Because I could not stop for Death,” “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,”...
Abstract:This article argues for a revised understanding of Coleridge's aesthetics of the preternatural by analyzing them through the lens of his long-standing engagement with the phenomenology and hermeneutics of ghost-seeing. Focusing first on critical works such as The Friend, The Statesman's Manual, and Coleridge's notes on Hamlet, I contend that Coleridge articulates an account of...
P-zombies are creatures that are physically (functionally, behaviourally) like you and I and yet lack phenomenal consciousness. If such creatures are possible, it’s (typically) taken to show property dualism is true: phenomenal consciousness isn’t reducible to – nor does it supervene on – physical states. If inverted qualia are possible, it’s possible that you and I have identical physical...
Sleep is a state of total rest for the human body and mind, although vital organs remain active. One sleep disorder that has attracted attention is sleep paralysis, which in Indonesia is often associated with cultural beliefs such as the phenomenon of “ketindihan.” This study aims to examine sleep paralysis (ketindihan) from a Sufi perspective, specifically the thought of Imam al-Ghazālī, using...
大學教師做為學生遭遇人生困境時協助者的角色，也面臨限期升等、教師評鑑和行政服務等壓力，導致焦慮和憂鬱等情緒困擾。2021年新冠（COVID-19）疫情期間，作者為某國立大學通識教育課程相關教師，以線上視訊方式，開設八週的「正念認知療法」（MBCT）課程。本研究想瞭解教師修習課程後，對於專注力提升、壓力減輕以及情緒管理等，是否有所助益。研究方法係透過課程後學習心得回饋問卷（包括質性和五點量表-從「完全沒有」，到「有很大的幫助」），作成統計分析；另在專注力提升部份，利用中文版「止觀覺察注意量表」（the Chinese Version Mindful Attention Awareness...
Due to music's extraordinary capacity to temporarily alter mental and physical states, the domain of musical experience offers a natural and accessible field of investigation for the study of states of consciousness. However, despite the continued emergence of music-related investigations into conscious experience, their research paradigms remain on the fringes of consciousness research, with...
Dextromethorphan (DXM) is an over-the-counter drug that is commonly abused by teenagers. Its main pharmacological property is a low-affinity N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist. We report acute psychotic dissociation induced by DXM and alcohol in a patient with alcohol dependence, which made it difficult to distinguish alcohol withdrawal symptoms with limited information. The...
Emerging consensus among enactivist philosophers and embodied mind theorists suggests that seeking to understand mental illness we need to look out of our skulls at the ecology of the brain. Still, the complex links between materiality (in broadest sense of material objects, habits, practices and environments) and mental health remain little understood. This paper discusses the benefits of...